Should GD be Part of Campus Placements?

My opinion is GD should not be a part of company process.

Aim of GD is to know whether a person communicates well or not? If the job profile is pure technical what is the need of communication skills there.

Suppose if we take an example of Abdul Kalam Sir, First time when he was searching for a job he got rejected for lack of communication skills this is written in wings of fire but he is missile man of India and president of India. It means if the profile is purely based on technical no need to search about communication skills.

Communication skills are required convey the information. However that comes with one or two years experience in the company. Why I am saying like this is in India many students are studied their elementary education in their mother tongue. Though they have talent they are poor in communication skills.

Hi friends,

GD is not at all needed for an interview. And personally I think GD should not be a selection criteria for a job. If it is an IT company then they will need candidates who are strong technically. Then what is the use of this GD. Many people can't able to speak in GD but that does not mean they are not strong in communication skill. Even if you give a topic to a foreigner suddenly though his mother tongue is English he will think and then only come up with points and for sure he will also not speak continuously. So shall we end up that foreigner is weak in communication skill? Certainly not. BPO, Marketing etc are some departments where we need excellent communication skill. For that also we cannot judge a persons talent from GD. If a person speaks well on a topic then will that mean she/he will be good in marketing? A big NO. She/he would have already prepared some topics and if that topic coincides with GD topic she/he will get selected.

Some persons get anxiety to deliver the points but I bet you if you ask them to explain any topic technically they will somehow come up with points. Because they know about that topic so no fear in delivering.

We can make GD as a technical discussion. They can give topics based on their job requirements and allow to speak what and all she/he knows about that topic. Because that is the field where they are going to work. Everyone should be allowed to speak separately and not like discussion or debate. Surely this will make recruiters to dig out how strong they are into their subjects. And this is what an organization needs and not a person who is telling story on general topics.

My bottom line: GD will never ever tell you a person's personality and technical skills.

GD should not be considered in CAMPUS process as an eliminator round because sometimes it demotivates student when they performed well but they are not selected. It is true that GD is useful to check the soft skills of a person But according to me when a person enters an organisation and see the organisation culture, a person gradually molds himself/herself according to work and organisation culture. It comes with practical experience.

This is the era of knowledge and as well presentation and considering this point, group discussion makes its significance. Today we want leaders who can motivate and guide others. When you are going in outside world to do a job, your technical knowledge matters but moreover it's important how to express and assimilate this knowledge and that is the main reason why it's so necessary. It gives you the confidence to put your views & also improves your logical and analytic power.

But mainly GD is held in English and there are many people who feel uncomfortable while giving their views in English other than Mother Tongue. That's why I am saying that GD is necessary but don't make it the final criteria for the selection. Include it but also check the technical and social knowledge of that person & then evaluate the all things honestly.

According to me, GD should be a part of campus placement. The students will get more interactive. They can share their ideas with other people. GD shows that how a student is updated with the current trends, how he is able to handle the situation, how he is able to lead the group. He becomes realistic. And the best thing about GD is that students get selected on their talent basis. It is totally faring process to eliminate the students who are not deserving for the position in the job.

Thank you.

Hi friends,

Regarding this topic I want to add some thing that GD must be part of campus interview but it should be placed properly in placement program schedule.

Yeah I agree that GD says about candidate of their.

- Communication ability.
- Leadership.
- Confident.
- Mental Stability.
- Patience.

Which are require for growth any company.

But, I think GD should be added after Personal Interview (PI) (if necessary) because a technical student must not have fully communication skill to convince others (which is required for Management, marketing) , they just have a communication skill up-to how much is required. A very talented student having a huge knowledge in technology may not be selected falling the above process of campusing due to his/her poor communication skill. The non- English medium student face this problem a lot. In spite of having knowledge in technology they can not utilize their knowledge in company.

Now this problem arises due to the fact that we are mixing Management & Technical. So I feel there must have a change in campusing process, for management campusing GD should be given more importance than technical.

Thank you all a lot.

Without a doubt GD should be a part of the campus placements, but it should not be set as a filter.

Because if this is kept as a filter, the people with good technical knowledge would be filtered out, and for each and every field its not only the communication skills that counts, technical knowledge is also important.

Of course its simultaneously important to represent your thoughts in front of others.

Even if you have knowledge but you are unable to put down your thoughts that's also useless.

So, GD and PI can be set as the rounds and given marks independently to each.

Hi friends,

According to me, the GD should not be as last elimination round of campus recruitment because in GD we focus on communication skill, the way of convincing people, knowledge about the current affair. All are running behind communication skill and attitude but we are forgetting that these things are secondary and additional things but your technical knowledge towards your field is most important. You can't grow your company with the candidate who only has communication skill and less technical knowledge.

One can improve his/her communication skill after getting the job also by training workshops. But if we eliminate only based on this criteria so it is our loss. Because "Life is a learning process".

Hi friends,

According to me, the GD should not be as last elimination round of campus recruitment because in GD we focus on communication skill, the way of convincing people, knowledge about current affair. All are running behind communication skill and attitude but we are forgetting that these things are secondary and additional things but your technical knowledge towards your field is most important. You can't grow your company with the candidate who only have communication skill and less technical knowledge.

One can improve his/her communication skill after getting the job also by training workshops. But if we eliminate only based on this criteria so it is our loss. Because "Life is a learning process".

Hi, friends.

Accorinig to me GDs should be the part of campus placement but there is no language barrier because the main motive of GD is checking the confidence level, a student can speak in front of the group of people or not. Some students are not well in English due to their diff medium of basic education but still they are better in knowledge about their core subject. So my point is GD should be carried on but with any language barrier.